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Continuing its mission to bring music back to television, AXS TV will showcase the television premiere of Led Zeppelin's Celebration Day concert film. Recorded live at London's O2 Arena on December 10, 2007, the film captures a two-hour-plus tour de force of the band's signature blues-infused rock 'n' roll that instantly became part of the legend of Led Zeppelin. Founding members John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were joined by Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer John Bonham, to perform 16 songs from their celebrated catalog including landmark tracks "Whole Lotta Love," "Rock And Roll," "Kashmir," and "Stairway To Heaven." Although 20 million people applied for tickets, the band's first headline show in 27 years was seen only by the 18,000 ticket holders who were fortunate enough to have secured seats through the worldwide lottery.
The historic concert will premiere on AXS TV CONCERTS, Sunday, Nov. 24 at 8-10 p.m. ET (5-7 p.m. PT). There will be encore broadcasts every night of the week at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT from Monday, Nov. 25 through Thursday, Nov. 28, Thanksgiving. The concert premiered theatrically last year and is also available on Blu-Ray, DVD, CD, vinyl, and digital download, but has never been seen on television prior to its debut on AXS TV.

Your fans are worried. You decided to make a change and fire Rob Ryan last year. You allowed the boys to move from the 3-4.
You look like you haven't had fiber in a while.

And as your loyal fans, we're beginning to worry that you are going to do something drastic. Please do not move up in the draft to get Johnny Football. Please get Sean Lee & Morris Clairborne some help. You are approaching Al Davis NUTSO territory. One sign of you wearing a sweat suit and as fans we're demanding someone else take over.

Admit you were an idiot for firing Rob Ryan.

Then step down as GM and enjoy drinking in the owners box.

Let your head coach do his job without the fear of you making another crucial mistake.

You may be leading the division but Tony Romo isn't giving up 400+ yards of offense and the defense needs help NOW.

Get off your ass and stop floating the , "I'm going to hire a new Head Coach rumor."

The U.S. hasn’t hosted an Olympics since the 2002 Winter Games. Right now the United States is in the middle of its longest stretch between hosting since 1932 and 1960.

Right now with the recent Boston World Series win, the city of Boston wants to host the games. I've been through Massachusets and my only response is HELL NO! I just don't see it happening. Too much to build and too much political graft to get through.

But why not the Dallas-Ft Worth area?

You have Jerry World for the opening ceremonies, plenty of arenas and facilities around the DFW area to host differing events, and it would be the kick in the ass that the area needs to get serious about new construction of infrastructure that would benefit the DFW area for years after the Olympics leave.

This isn't a money maker. Let's make that PERFECTLY clear. Very few Olympics ever see a profit.

But if you can build the infrastructure that would help in the future for the area it would be truly benefitial.

A 57-year-old woman in Italy who went to the doctor with inflamed sinuses and facial pain had an unusual diagnosis: a dental implant in the sinus.

The woman had undergone oral surgery about two years before to place an implant — a 2-centimeter long (0.79 inch) metal screw designed to hold in place a replacement for a missing tooth — in her upper jaw. But surprisingly, an inspection of her mouth revealed the implant was not there. Instead, the gums covering the area of her missing tooth were healed, and her remaining teeth were healthy.

A CT scan showed the implant to be in her sinus cavity, next to her left eye. The researchers performed surgery to remove the dental implant, after which the woman's sinus symptoms went away. Eight months later, she remains healthy, according to the report of the case published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The researchers said the implant may have been wound up her sinus because of improper positioning, or as a consequence of tissue around the implant eroding, as well as bone loss.

QSR Magazine is a trade publication for the fast food
industry. It put together a list of 100 ways restaurants can improve their
drive-thru experience. Some of the ideas include installing a trashcan with an
extended chute next to the drive-thru lane and letting the kitchen eavesdrop on
orders so the cooking crew can hear orders and speed things up.
... But how about this idea from QSR: Clean the
windshields of waiting cars. How would you like to go through the drive-thru
and come out the other side with clean windows

Would-Be Thieves Arrested After Listening To Chicago Restaurant Owner Who Told Them To Rob Him Later...

Two Chicago men who were trying to rob a restaurant got fooled by the owner, who told them to rob his establishment in a few hours and then called the police on them when they returned.

The would-be thieves, Mario Garcia, 39, and Domingo Garcia-Hernandez, 28, first showed up at the West Rogers Park restaurant on Sunday night at the peak of the restaurant’s business hours, according to MSN Now.

A former Des Plaines middle school teacher accused of carrying on an online relationship with a form...

Barrington resident Jack K. Pickup, 35, was arrested in early July of last year at his parents' home in Barrington and charged with felony grooming and misdemeanor sexual exploitation of a child, said Michael Combs, chief of the McHenry County state's attorney criminal division."Grooming" is defined as attempting to develop a sexual relationship with a minor through friendship.

In Shakespeare's play 'Romeo and Juliet', the female protagonists states: What's in a name? That whi...

The Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati may disagree, however, as Saturday at the gambling venue proved a very lucrative day to specifically be called Kevin Lewis. You see, by chance, there were actually two unrelated Kevin Lewisâ in the casino that night, but by the time the casino realized it had handed out its âSummer Giveawayâ prize worth $1 million to the wrong one, he had already collected his money, spoken to the media and accepted congratulations from his fellow guests.

Nevertheless, after such an embarrassingly monumental howler it didnât take long for the Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati to bite the bullet and decide to grant both Kevin Lewisâ the huge jackpot. As the casinoâs Senior VP Kevin Kline, explains: â This was our blunder. So, consistent with our commitment to do the right thing for our guests, Horseshoe awarded a $1 million dollar prize to each of the men.â

OOPS. John Smith, John Smith, please collect your prize here.

Horseshoe Casino did the right thing and give the prize to both men though. Whew. A step away from being enshrined in the Rock 101.1 Moron Hall of Fame

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It's Aug. 8, which means that exactly one month from today, NFL fans will spend their f...

Itâs Aug. 8, which means that exactly one month from today, NFL fans
will spend their first of 20 Sundays parked in front of their TV
inhaling pro football games all day. And for those who canât wait
another month, the first week of the exhibition season kicks into gear
tonight with 12 teams in action. At SwimDaily, we couldnât ignore such
an important event. Thatâs why we reached into our swimsuit archives for
this stash of 2008 photos from the first-ever cheerleader shoot. Happy
football season everyone!

The young widow of a firefighter who died with 18 others while battling an Arizona wildfire in June ...

The young widow of a firefighter who died with 18 others while battling
an Arizona wildfire in June has reportedly been denied the lifetime
benefits she sought to raise the coupleâs four children.

This is the same thinking that plagues this county. Do a job, but we're going to hide behind legalese to keep you from getting benefits. "Oh by the way, you should have talked to your husband better?" What kind of ASSHATS are running this place? Do a job, die and we'll forget about you. Selfish weasels!

Since June, the airline has been flying larger planes in and out of the Hub City to see how they would do. Now they've decided to extend the service for the foreseeable future - welcome news for travelers and the business community alike.

The Hub City is the place to be, and American Airlines is taking note.

When my mom flew into Lubbock the 1st time, she got off (with a broken foot) and hobbled her way to me. "This seems nice" she said about Lubbock. "Clean airport, nice people". But that changed when they brought in the "puddle jumpers" as she called them. She hated the SAAB's and shortly thereafter started driving to Lubbock. Maybe she'll start flying again now that American has brought real planes to Lubbock.

You have tried to shock us. You've cussed, you've been in many pretty awful movies. If you are going to rip off the band aid of being a goody too shoes. RIP THE DAMN THING OFF.

Do a nude scene, show vulnerability, maybe a scene where you don't seem to be doing a "Rachel". Look, you're cute, we love you, but change it up or we're never buying a ticket to one of your movies again.

The University of Iowaâs national reputation continues to grow â but the schoolâs ...

The Princeton Review announced this afternoon that the Iowa City
college ranked No. 1 on its list of top party schools. The university
finished in second place last year.
The school also ranked No. 1 on a list dubbed âLots of Hard Liquor.â
In total, the book â titled âThe Best 378 Collegesâ â includes 62 ranking lists.
All the rankings are based on student surveys.
Questions for the âParty Schoolsâ list centered on the use of alcohol
and drugs on campus, the popularity of fraternities and sororities, and
the number of hours students reported studying each day, according to a
letter sent to the university last week by a Princeton Review
publicist.

OHHhhhh it's based on lack of hours studying. We rock at studying! Never mind...

Thrill-seekers will soon be running with the bulls when theyâre unleashed in several cities ac...

Thrill-seekers will soon be running with the bulls when theyâre unleashed in several cities across the country, officials said.The Pamplona-inspired Great Bull Run will begin an eight-state tour after a wild, man-vs.-beast event at a drag-racing strip just south of Richmond, Va., on Aug. 24, organizers said. About 5,000 people have already signed up for the inaugural bull run, despite the high risk for injury or death. Since 1924, 15 people have been killed in the famed San Fermin festival in Spain â which Jets coach Rex Ryan ran in last month. The most recent death was in 2009, when a 27-year-old man was gored in the neck and chest by a rogue bull named Capuchino.

Robert "Bobby" Tufts hasn't made it to preschool yet, but he's already been elected twice as mayor o...

Anyone could vote as many times as they like for $1 a vote at any of the ballot boxes in stores around town. The proceeds go toward organizing the festival.Bobby was only 3 when he won election last year. His mother, Emma Tufts, said she and her son, who turns 5 in October, got choked up when his name was pulled for re-election Sunday.The boy picked a random man out of the crowd to pick the name out of a clear tub. and the man was blindfolded twice, she said.While this was happening, Bobby told the crowd how to musky fish, she said."He's been going since 3 o'clock yesterday with cameras on his face," she said Sunday afternoon. "He's having a long day but he's done really well. I'm surprised."Asked how he felt during a phone interview, a tired Bobby made clear he was done answering questions. "I want to be with the boys," he told his mother.They were on their way to dinner and then planned to go fishing or have a bonfire to celebrate. Bobby, of nearby Nevis, starts preschool this fall.Emma Tufts said her son's agenda includes raising money for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Red River Valley in Fargo, N.D., and a new welcome sign for Dorset, which bills itself as the Restaurant Capital of the World.

So the better question is , how is this any different than the current City Council? Would a preschooler have less political pressure than those having to deal with the LP&L crisis?

So how does Sydney spend her 15 minutes of fame?Developing contacts, interviews, or setting up a long term financial strategy? Reality TV, guest hosting The View, being the next Bachlorette? No, she does a porno.

I’m Sydney Leathers. Anthony Weiner and I had a “sexting” relationship for several months, and that came out in the press, so here I am! We had phone sex several times a week while this was going on. We did send each other pictures. They were pretty much all nude. He would always compliment me on my breasts, my ass. He would tell me stuff about my feet, and how good I looked in heels. I responded back and basically told him anything I thought he wanted to hear.

I can't wait to have you explain this to your kids!

Sydney Leathers admitted to having a sexual texting relationship with NYC mayor candidate Anthony Weiner. He's still running though he was running in West Texas he'd probably lose any election but probably win a city council seat. (JUST KIDDING)

Thieves are able to unlock more than 25 percent of PIN-protected accounts by trying just 20 combinations out of a possible 10,000, according to a recent study.

Some systems lock an account if someone makes too many wrong guesses. But if a thief can guess the PIN in just a few tries because it's "1234," they can clean out an account.

Is your birthdate your pin? BAD IDEA! What about your year of birth? EVEN WORSE!

Other bad numbers are those associated with famous movies, such as "2001" or "0070" for James Bond. A book title like "1984" is a bad idea, too.

The best PINs are random numbers with no special significance. Even though they're hard to remember, it could be worth it if a hacker attacks. The least-used PIN is "8068." However, hackers can read, too, so use caution when picking a PIN. In other words, don't change your pin to 8068!

The top 10 most-used PIN numbers are:

1234

1111

0000

1212

7777

1004

2000

4444

2222

6969

Also, as much as you love us 1011 probably isn't the best pin either, which reminds me to change my pin now that I just told you what mine is. DAMMIT JANET!

In the process of trying to repair itself, the manâs brain miswired, so that areas that would norm...

Canadian researchers are reporting only the second-known case of a
patient who developed synesthesia after a stroke â a bizarre brain
phenomenon where stimulation of one sense triggers others.
Nine months after suffering a stroke in the summer of 2007, the
45-year-old Toronto man began noticing that words printed in a sky blue
typeface revolted him; words written in yellow were only mildly better.
The sound of high-pitched brass instruments â specifically, the theme
music from the James Bond films â elicited feelings of euphoria that
the patient described as âorgasmic,â as if he could âride the music.â
The Bond music also provoked blue flashes of light in his peripheral
vision, researchers from Torontoâs St. Michaelâs Hospital report in the
journal, Neurology.
The patient was convinced he was losing his mind.

Suspicious family members and a keen-eyed mortician led to a Harnett County woman being charged with...

Vernon Peterson of Unity Funeral Home told authorities that he found
what appeared to be stab wounds on Worley's back as he prepared the body
for burial, Harnett County investigators stated in an affidavit for a
search warrant. The body was then sent to a medical examiner for an
autopsy."We all were in agreement that this was something a lot
bigger than a traffic accident," Peterson said Tuesday. "There are
wounds that I think about with an accident, but these wounds that we
saw were not consistent with damages from an automobile accident."Highway
Patrol officials said the standard protocol is for a medical examiner
to transport any fatality in a vehicle crash to a hospital or morgue
before the body goes to the funeral home.

1. I've gone bra-less during a live broadcast and no one was the wiser.2. My best sources are the ones who secretly have a crush on me.3. I am better live when I have no script and no idea what I'm talking about.4. I've mastered the ability to contort my body into a position that makes me appear much skinner in front of the camera than I actually am.5. I hate the right side of my face.6. I'm frightened of old people and I refuse to do stories involving them or the places they reside.7. Happy, fluffy, rainbow stories about good things make me depressed.8. I've taken naps in the news car.9. If you ramble and I deem you unnecessary for my story, I'll stop recording but let you think otherwise.10. I've stolen mail and then put it back. (maybe)

Allen was pressured by her employer to remove it, and she did.

Within hours the post was back up with a prefix — "No Apologies" — and a disclaimer.This post was taken down because I was momentarily misguided about who I am and what I stand for. To clarify, I make no apologies for the following re-post. It’s funny, satirical and will likely offend some of the more conservative folks. But it isn’t fake and its a genuine look into my slightly twisted psyche.

There are plenty of places that want an attractive reporter that speaks her mind. Have we mentioned that she's hot yet?

In at Atlantic Cityâs Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, cocktail waitresses are not just drink servers. They are, in the opinion of New Jersey judge Nelson Johnson, âsex objects.â The casino calls its waitresses the âBorgata Babes.â Their job description is âpart fashion model, part beverage server, part charming host and hostess. All impossibly lovely.â When the Borgata hires a new babe, it puts her on the scale, then requires her to weigh in periodically throughout her career to ensure that her weight does not increase by more than 7 percent of her initial poundage. If it does, the casino reserves the right to suspend the babe until she slims down.Last week, 22 of these babes lost a lawsuit against the casino. They had alleged that the Borgata discriminated against them based on both weight and sex. Male servers at the Borgata, they said, are not judged on their babeliness, or their poundage. But Judge Johnson found that the Borgataâs requirements were legal because the babe label was applied to a waitress with âthat personâs participation.â He wrote, âPlaintiffs cannot shed the label âbabeâ; they embraced it when they went to work for the Borgata.â If you take a job as a babe, you better stay a babe. Even if the casino admits that its standard for loveliness is an âimpossibleâ one.

EXCLUSIVE: SHAMELESS freeloader Josie Cunningham wants to sue NHS as she says new baps have âr...

SHAMELESS freeloader Josie Cunningham is set to sue the NHS over her taxpayer funded boobs â saying they have ruined her life.The wannabe glamour model, 23, claims her Â£4,800 hooters are too BIG and blames medics for making her a laughing stock.Row ... Sun storyShe reckons she was rushed through the surgery process and wants compensation for clinical negligence and emotional distress.The single mum-of-two, who has consulted no-win, no-fee lawyers, vowed last night: âIâm going to take them for every penny.âI want in excess of Â£10,000. Anything I can get over that is a bonus.âAs revealed in The Sun, Josie got the op on the NHS in January after tearfully telling her GP her flat chest was getting her down.She went from a 32A to a 36DD and set about launching a career as a topless model. But unhappy Josie is now considering another op to REDUCE them after being targeted by online bullies.

An inflatable bounce house at Julia Davis Park exploded Saturday, injuring six children.Ada County Paramedics and Boise Fire Department responded to the park. They say the children were found trapped inside the bounce-house, with the walls folded in on top of them.But paramedics say the children's injuries were minor and that they were able to treat and release them on scene."I don't know the exact number, but there were many, many children in there," said Jake Oven, Field Supervisor at Ada Paramedics. "In my 17 years in the EMS, this is the first time I've responded on a bounce-house explosion."More than anything, paramedics told KTVB that the kids were shaken up and scared.

Few moments after the official announcement of royal birth, a crier dressed in an old costume came o...

Few moments after the official announcement of royal birth, a crier dressed in an old costume came on the steps of St. Mary's hospital in London and informed the public in a traditional way about the birth of the new prince. Except, he was just a psychotic fan of the Royal Family.

A Saskatchewan man with no arms won a court battle to contest a $160 fine for not wearing a seatbelt and he is now asking for an apology.Steve Simonar, 55, of Saskatoon, whose fine was tossed out in court Tuesday, said his truck has been custom modified for his needs, but he is unable to wear the seatbelt, QMI Agency reported Wednesday.Simonar, who lost his arms 28 years ago, said the seatbelt law was not on the books when he started driving again, and Saskatchewan Government Insurance has now issued him an exemption to the law.The motorist said he gave police a note from his doctor a few days after receiving the ticket, but the issuing officer was "as arrogant and ignorant" as he was the day of the ticket."He said, 'I treat everybody the same, and you people expect things different,'" Simonar said.Simonar said he has filed a formal complaint with the police service."I think he owes me an apology," he said.

Give your baby something to really suck on with these breast milk lollipops. Produced using only the highest quality breast milk from Mommies looking to make some money for a few hours of work, these lollipops will revolutionize the way we feed our offspring.

A US judge has ordered more than $1 million be returned to a woman who saved it a dollar at a time as an exotic dancer.The money was confiscated by police in Nebraska during a routine traffic stop, US ABC News reports.The money belongs to Tara Mishra, 33, who put aside her earning for 15 years from when she began dancing at age 18. She planned to use the money to begin a business and leave stripping behind.The money was seized by state police in March 2012 when they pulled over friends of Mishra, Rajesh and Marina Dheri, for speeding. The Dheris were in possession of the cash in order to purchase a nightclub in New Jersey that would be half-owned by them and half-owned by Mishra. Police suspected the money, tied with hair bands in $10,000 bundles and stored in plastic bags, was the proceeds from drug dealing. It was discovered in the boot when a search was performed on the Dheri’s rented car."The government failed to show a substantial connection between drugs and the money," US District Judge Joseph Bataillon wrote in his judgment. "The court finds the ... story is credible ... Ms Mishra did have control over the money and directed the Dheris to deliver the money to New Jersey for the purchase of the business."Judge Bataillon ordered Mishra receive cash or a check in the value of US$1,074,000 with interest.

John Morillo, a 47-year-old Canadian man, apologized today for causing an international incident last night when he drank eight beers and then swam across the Detroit River, just to prove to his friends he could.Speaking to the Windsor Star after being released from jail this morning, Morillo said in retrospect it was "really stupid" of him to drunkenly swim across the river, but not without adding that he wanted his incredulous buddies to know he'd pulled it off (emphasis ours):If I’m going to be in the paper, I’d at least like them to say I actually made it, even though I got in trouble and everything. I gotta pay fines and stuff. But I don’t want it to sound like I didn’t make it, because then my buddies are going to say 'ha, ha, you didn’t make it.' Because that was the whole thing, to show them I could do it.Morillo's stunt launched a joint search mission between the Canadian and U.S. coast guards when his neighbor called the police after losing sight of him in the water. Rescue efforts included three boats and a helicopter. Morillo, who calls himself a "strong swimmer," had made it across the river and was on his way back when the U.S. Coast Guard found him floating on the Canadian side at around 1 AM, two hours after he'd initially entered the water.Windsor authorities have banned Morillo from all waterfront city property and will fine him $5,000 for swimming in a shipping channel. Exacerbating everything, Morillo, who was ultimately charged with being intoxicated in public, says his mom is very mad at him. "She just hung up on me," Morillo told the Star. "She said 'you’re just so stupid.'"

A caretaker employed to safeguard $100,000 (Â£65,000) worth of vintage whiskey is being prosecuted a...

Now thatâs what you call an expensive bar tab.A caretaker employed to safeguard $100,000 worth of vintage whiskey is being prosecuted after apparently deciding to drink it all instead.John Saunders, 62, is to stand trial accused of downing more than 50 bottles of the expensive booze over a 12-month period.He was entrusted to protect the 100-year-old precious cargo while living as a tenant at a historic Pittsburgh inn, a preliminary hearing heard last week.Owner Patricia Hill found the liquor, hidden during prohibition, when she bought the historic manor,WTAE reports.However she made a shock discovery in March when she found all the bottles had been emptied.After a seven-month police investigation, the landlord brought charges against her former tenant whose DNA was found all over the bottles.

In an unforgettable scene from the golf movie classic "Caddyshack," mayhem ensues when a B...

The cleaning process starts with vacuuming the area, Lanahan said. The pool is then superchlorinated to disinfect, which lasts as long as it takes for the chemicals to dissipate."Our fecal accident procedure ... is different for a solid mess or a liquid mess," she said, adding the latter is more difficult and increases the time everyone is out of the pool.After the three accidents, the town recreation department sent an email to residents asking parents to accommodate children who say they need to use the bathroom. The email also said young children should wear swim diapers and everyone should stay out of the pool if they have diarrhea.

German police on Sunday pulled over four men driving a BMW convertible that had been converted into ...

A BMW convertible first aroused the suspicions of a motorcycle cop on patrol in the eastern German town of Eibenstock when water sloshed out of it as it drove around a curve. When the officer pulled the car over, he could hardly believe his eyes.ANZEIGEIn a police report released on Monday, he described encountering an "a convertible of a slightly different kind." The car had been converted into a swimming pool on wheels complete with a wooden railing and cheap floral decoration that could have come out of a chintzy Hawaiian hotel.

Amanda Bynes' spree of bizarre behavior in public continued on Monday night, creating more drama for the former actress.Bynes,
27, was involved in a "disturbance" in a residential neighborhood in
Thousand Oaks, north of Los Angeles, Capt. Don Aguilar of the Ventura
County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. After investigating the
incident, deputies determined that Bynes met the criteria for a 5150
welfare hold, or an involuntary psychiatric hold.Sgt. Eric Buschow told The Hollywood Reporter that
the fire department was called around 8:45 p.m. after Bynes sparked a
fire in the driveway area of a single-family residence. He noted that
this was "not a deliberate attempt to set a house on fire" and there was
no damage to the home and added that Bynes is not related to the
residents of the home in any way.

You may remember our friend Destin at Smarter Every Day shooting an AK-47 underwater. It was a cool ...

You may remember our friend Destin at Smarter Every Day shooting an AK-47 underwater. It was a cool experiment, but the pressure caused the aquarium to shatter, ruining what we now know would have been an amazing shot. To solve this problem, he built a sort of reverse-periscope for a Phantom camera and shot the AK-47 in a pool. The results are absolutely stunning.

CONORD, N.H. (AP) â Federal officials preparing to sell the New Hampshire compound of a tax-ev...

Federal officials preparing to sell the New Hampshire compound of a tax-evading couple convicted of amassing an arsenal of weapons canât guarantee that explosives and other booby traps arenât hidden on the 103-acre spread.In fact, they will openly warn bidders that land mines might be planted throughout Ed and Elaine Brownâs bucolic property in the small town of Plainfield. And they say prospective buyers wonât be allowed on the grounds until they submit a winning bid that frees the government of liability for dismemberment or death.âItâs going to be a very interesting sale,â said Chief U.S. Deputy Marshal Brenda Mikelson, whoâs in charge of the auction.The Browns, who do not recognize the federal governmentâs authority to tax its citizens, were in a nine-month standoff with authorities in 2007 after they were sentenced to five years in prison for tax evasion. U.S. marshals posing as supporters arrested them peacefully.

Worries over the possibility that gay people are seeking to promote or spread their orientation are ...

Worries over the possibility that gay people are seeking to promote or spread their orientation are common.Sometimes these fears are expressed openly, and take the form of conspiracy theories. Then again, they can be unspoken reservations.But whatâs the truth? A new study reassures us that Same-Sex Sexual Attraction Does Not Spread in Adolescent Social Networks.

A belly-flop is when you land flat on your belly and face in the water.

Believe it or not, some people have made a profession out of this.Darren Taylor, aka "Professor Splash," professionally jumps from high ledges, landing belly-down in a small pool of water. Even reality shows have caught on to the entertainment value of a well-executed belly-flop; ABC's "Splash" features celebrities executing dives poorly.For those of us who may not be the best divers, there is good news: Belly-flops rarely cause serious injuries. That said, let's talk about what can happen, other than a bruised ego.The higher you jump or dive from, the faster you will hit the water. Some experts believe that you can reach speeds of up to 40 mph diving from a 10-meter board (almost 33 feet). And as nice as the water feels when you are in it, it does not act that way when you enter it at a high speed.

Duh people. When you are 8 belly flops are cool. When you are 43, they hurt like hell!

I donât want to alarm you, but I fear there might be.It could be the fat guy sitting next to you. The mumbling one with the mustache. Or the thin, high-strung woman down the hall.Make no sudden movements, and edge casually towards the door.Ever since Edward Snowden blew the whistle on Uncle Samâs secret intelligence apparatus, weâve all been a bit jumpy about government surveillance. How big is it? How far does it go?

Known for her racy costumes - some have even raised eyebrows so much the model has been banned from venues - Adrianne has become a fixture at Comic-Con.And, this year was no different, with the brunette beauty causing a stir as she and her friend bought the classic video game Mortal Kombat to life on Sunday.

'My nose had to be cut off to lift my lip in the hope I would get my smile back. They warned me there was no guarantee how my face would heal. Thankfully, my smile has come back in the past month and I am so grateful. It means my youngest daughter Papaya can see me smile for the first time.'For Georgia, 18, the restoration of her mother's looks has been an enormous relief. 'I tried to stop her having more procedures lots of times,' she says, speaking for the first time about her mother's addiction.

A female horse-rider who was refused service in the drive-through lane of a McDonaldâs while...

CCTV showed the woman and her daughter taking their pet into the restaurant after they were told they had to tie it up.But then customers in the restaurant looked on in astonishment as the animal âended up doing his business on the floor.âThe woman was issued with a fine after the incident at the branch on Bury New Road in Whitefield, Greater Manchester, last Saturday.Police were called to the scene.McDonald's said the horse had caused "distress" to customers in the restaurant and insisted they could not serve the rider at the drive-through for "health and safety" reasons.

Most players, CURRENT players are joining the Ed O'Bannon lawsuit and if they win, I predict the end of the NCAA.

The O'Bannon suit has sought damages for current athletes for some time. But until now, the plaintiffs were comprised of former college athletes, mostly in men's basketball, such as O'Bannon, Bill Russell and Oscar Robertson.Adding the new plaintiffs attempts to address Wilken's position about the injunctive class, which includes active athletes and seeks damages from current lucrative TV contracts in college sports. The plaintiffs want a 50-50 split of television revenue, saying money generated by the licensing and sale of class members' names temporarily can be held in trust until their college career ends.If Wilken certifies the suit as a class action, thousands of former and current football and men's basketball players could join the case and potentially change how college athletes are compensated. Certification would also put the NCAA in the position of facing billions of dollars in damages if it lost the suit at trial.

An unidentified police officer is facing possible discipline for having his picture taken -- while wearing a unicorn mask next to a porn star who had just been thrown out of a Pittsburgh Pirates game for dancing in the aisle.City officials said the adult entertainer, Andy San Dimas, was in town last Saturday to dance at a local night club, but went to the Pirates game first and was ejected by security for refusing to sit down after she was seen dancing while wearing the large unicorn head.

The demand stunned the hospital employee. She had picked up the emergency room's phone line, expecti...

The demand stunned the hospital employee. She had picked up the emergency room's phone line, expecting to hear a dispatcher or a doctor. But instead, an unfamiliar male greeted her by name and then threatened to paralyze the hospital's phone service if she didn't pay him hundreds of dollars.Shortly after the worker hung up on the caller, the ER's six phone lines went dead. For nearly two days in March, ambulances and patients' families calling the San Diego hospital heard nothing but busy signals.The hospital had become a victim of an extortionist who, probably using not much more than a laptop and cheap software, had single-handedly generated enough calls to tie up the lines.

Iacuzza's car was inspected by valet attendants on orders from the TSA. But why only valet parked cars? That's what News10NBC wanted to ask the TSA director about. We reached him by phone.Berkeley Brean asked, âAre the cars in the short term lots and long term lots getting searched as well?âJohn McCaffery, TSA, said, âNo, those vehicles that are in the garage, short term long term parking, even if they carry pretty large amounts of explosives, they would not cause damage to the front of the airport. But for those who use the valet, the car could be there for a half hour or an hour so there is a vulnerability.â

Now, my dad occasionally will burn something on the grill. He just called it, touched by fire. I would scrape off the black charcoal and deal with it. But would you eat a hot dog that is charcoal colored?

Check out these scarily mutated vegetables that are reportedly from the Fukushima region of Japan, w...

A Korean website assembled this image collection of produce from towns and villages surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. And they are NOT pretty pictures. From Siamese-twinned corn cobs to what can only be called peaches with elephantiasis, the region's agriculture appears to have taken a heavy radiation hit from the nuclear disaster in 2011.

PATNA, India (AP) â At least 20 children died and many others were sick after eating a free school...

It was not immediately clear how chemicals ended up in the food in a school in the eastern state of Bihar. One official said the food may not have been properly washed before it was cooked.The children, between the ages of 5 and 12, fell ill Tuesday soon after eating lunch in Gandamal village in Masrakh block, 50 miles north of the state capital of Patna. School authorities immediately stopped serving the meal of rice, lentils, soybeans and potatoes as the children started vomiting. Savita, a 12-year-old student who uses only one name, said she had a stomach ache after eating soybeans and potatoes and started vomiting."I don't know what happened after that," Savita said in an interview at Patna Medical College Hospital, where she and many other children were recovering.

In the 1910s, Gallaher Ltd of Belfast & London and Ogden's Branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co printed "How-To" series, with clever hints for both everyday and emergency situations. From steaming out a splinter to stopping a mad dog, these cigarette cards told you the smart way to handle many of life's problems.

The staggering snap shows Singson's feet and tripod alight as he stands amid the intense heat of lava on top of a volcano in Hawaii. His shoes were completely destroyed by the flames. Singson, who is based in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, often takes risky photos in locations that are difficult for the general public to access.

Officials in the city of Lewisville could soon change an ordinance to better define what constitutes...

A patron called Lewisville police after what they claim happened during a stop at the restaurant and bar called Redneck Heaven. When officers went to the establishment to investigate they found female waitresses serving customers with only body paint and pasties covering their breasts.There were no charges filed or arrests made, because the wait staff had broken no law.

HAMDEN â Police arrested a 24-year-old woman who they said intentionally struck her boyfriend'...

Yes she was arrested...

Police said the 46-year-old victim was riding her bicycle in the parking lot of 1245 Dixwell Ave. when Jacita Candelario struck her. Candelario fled with the bicycle stuck to the vehicle's undercarriage, police said.Police found Candelario and her vehicle on Newhall Street moments later. Candelario's boyfriend and her 6-year-old daughter were in the vehicle with her, police said. Candelario was charged with second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, second-degree criminal mischief and risk of injury to a minor.

Police say, around 4 a.m. Monday, Maria Dolrodo heard a noise coming from her backyard. That's when Dolrodo says she looked out her window and got an eye-full. The family says Hulsey took clear plastic coverings off windows in an attempt to break into the house. Witnesses say he used a piece of wood form a nearby fence to bang on the windows. Police found Hulsey drunk with drugs and a sex toy, according to MSgt. Gary Knight of the Oklahoma City police department. Hulsey's criminal history includes mostly drug offenses, with some weapon violations. Before his early-morning arrest, Hulsey was already facing two charges from a meth bust in 2012.

Drug history, meth? SHOCK!

Congratulations Raymond David Hulsey, you are the Rock 101.1 Moron of the Day!

This year, 30,000 Scouts ages 12 to 20 and their leaders were required to meet a threshold for body mass index and other health factors before being allowed to participate. Jamboree applicants with a BMI â a measure of body fat determined through height and weight â of 40 or higher were deemed ineligible. Those who fell between 32 and 39.9 faced providing additional health information to Jamboree medical staff.Nationally, about 17 percent of children ages 2 to 19 are considered obese â triple the rate from a generation earlier, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.âWe required a level of fitness in order to come to the Jamboree that we havenât required before,â McCarthy said. âAnd that has motivated an enormous return in terms of both kids and adults getting serious about improving their health.âSoon, the Scouts will know why. Besides offering a whole lot of fun, dozens of venues will test their physical skills and fitness. At some point during the Jamboree, every participating Scout will be asked to take a 3-mile trek up a mountain.Their reward: A barbecue waiting at the top.

Problems with this first pitch starts with the way she's holding the ball. She's palming it. Then her release point is too low, then, we could go through how bad this is but the main problem is that she is wearing a Tampa Bay Rays "jersey" and hoochie shorts that's the MAIN problem.

The deranged perv who allegedly flashed a phony badge to glide past security at a New York City jail is facing a new rap for groping and strip-searching an inmate in the same visit, the Daily News has learned.Brazen jail-obsessed fiend Matthew Matagrano was already facing charges for using a gold shield to get into the Manhattan Detention Center on Feb. 27, spending 7 1/2 hours in the lockup schmoozing with inmates and doling out cigarettes.But now investigators say he also attacked an inmate on the same joyride â pinning him against a pillar, grabbing his testicles and threatening him, according to a new criminal complaint.

The first plane to be designated as Air Force One now sits in a southern Arizona field that's part o...

The aircraft that once spirited President Dwight D. Eisenhower on cross-country voyages is nearly forgotten on a 10-acre parcel, decaying under the relentless glare of the sun.Efforts to sell the aircraft at auction were unsuccessful and it was parked at the Marana airport in 2005 in a lease agreement.

Australian McDonalds really creepy down under. "The young man gestured toward my chest and said 'are those real or fake?'," the 26-year-old from The Gardens said."I was dumbfounded."He repeated the question again, totally unaware that he was being offensive."It was pretty obvious what he meant. I was humiliated because so many people saw and heard.

The film raises a serious question: Could a sharknado happen in real life? Animals often get caught in the paths of tornadoes, but they typically die before they get the chance to harm Tara Reid. An Associated Press report from 1969 describes a Florida tornado that swept through Ocean World. Rather than emboldening the sharks and inspiring heightened, Tara Reid-related bloodlust, the tornado sent the startled animals diving for cover at the bottom of their shallow pool. "We haven't counted the sharks yet," the Ocean World president told the press as his team frantically checked up on the park's valuable fish. In the end, his team had no sharknado to report. Furthermore, even if a sharknado were to somehow form and begin chasing Tara Reid, it is improbable that the whirlwind of shark would pose a danger to humans beyond accidental crushing. (Sharks rarely ever hurt people, and you're more likely to get maimed by your own toilet than by any species of shark.)

Sarah Thomas could become the first full-time female ref in the NFL by time 2014 begins.

Thomas, 39, became the first female to ever officiate an NCAA football game in 2007 -- as well as a bowl game, when she was the line judge for the 2009 Little Caesar's Bowl -- and after spending a few days in the league's official developmental program, she's on track to become the first female to officiate an NFL game.The league told the Associated Press that Thomas is "in our pipeline" and 2014 looks like a reasonable target year for Thomas to make her full-time debut."It's just something that happened," said Dean Blandino, the NFL's vice president of officiating. "She was in our pipeline for a while."

During the 2013 July 4th weekend, a man decided to leave his Acura overnight at the dealership to be serviced. On Monday, July 8, he got an update on status of his car, but it wasn't a call from the repairs department. Instead, he was greeted at his front door by the Palm Beach County police.The officers informed him that his car had been spotted 12 miles away from the dealership with the engine running...and a naked woman passed out behind the wheel.

A recent Roxy clothing advertisement video has garnered criticism for sexualizing world champion woman surfer, Stephanie Gilmore. The ad, which Roxy released in anticipation of the Pro Biarritz 2013 surfing competition it is sponsoring, never shows Gilmoreâs face and features shots of her body in locations such as a hotel bedroom, the shower and walking on the beach, according to the Huffington Post.

Police say when the real homeowner arrived home she found the door wedged open.âShe backed away and started to call 911 when a man came to the door and asked her to come in. He basically invited her into her own home,â said Knight.When police arrived to the home, the suspect Montego Logan, remained in a welcoming mood. Police say Logan invited officers inside and claimed he lived in the home before things turned violent.âWhen officers asked for proof of him living in the house, he became combative and ultimately they got him into custody,â said Knight.According to the police report, while in custody the suspect went from being âcalm and sleepy to hallucinating and delusional.âAt one point the suspect believed that one of the arresting officers, five years younger than him, was his grandma."

"Despite the enormous support that Sister Mary Anne received from friends, parishioners and her religious community, her proactive approach to her recovery and her involvement in meaningful ministry, the judge determined that she deserved jail time. We feel great empathy for the two church communities affected by her actions. Sister Mary Anne is a member of our community and we will continue to help and support her."

Googleâs Android smartphone operating system uses source code contributed by the US National Secur...

What can Beijing actually do about Android? NOTHING YET!

The first hints were released in a government white paper in March that urged local Internet firms like Baidu, Huawei, Alibaba to develop their own operating systems or at least an independent variant of Android. But such offerings are probably years away.In the meantime, NSA submissions to Android are in the public domain, and subject to intense examination by anyone who wants to look. So until Chinaâs mobile OS is ready, perhaps its Ministry of State Security should start making its own Android submissionsâitâs only fair that the Peopleâs Republic contribute to the open source software it is using so heavily.

A grandfather has told how Britain's crumbling roads saved his life after an ambulance rushing him t...

Mr Lee and Mrs Lee regularly drive along the same road in their Honda Jazz and have previously cursed the state of the road.He said it has numerous potholes, some of which are 2ft wide and a couple of inches deep. It is not known which pothole the ambulance hit as it travelled the mixed 30mph / national speed limit road at "high speed", shortly after 6pm.

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office has since said deputies saw the waterspout as it came ashore off the 400 block of Shore Drive in Oldsmar. It reportedly damaged shingles on a home, and knocked down branches, a tree, and a mailbox. Deputies said it also snapped a guide wire between two homes and blew out a transformer.

The man, identified as 35-year-old Nicholas Candelaria, told police two people he knows robbed him of $500, his cell phone and his prescription drugs and tied him to a tree. He said he tried to scream for help on airport property as he was being taken away.

Actress Halle Berry has put a stop to a Canadian auction which was touted as a sale of her personal ...

The sale had been billed as an auction of Berry's property but executives have promptly backtracked, explaining the collection actually belonged to the Oscar winner's former partner Gabriel Aubry, the father of her daughter Nahla.

Edinburgh justice is WEIRD! Nicola Glen calls in to drunk for jury duty... walks away scott free.Judge O'Grady said he was "utterly bewildered" by Glen's behaviour but was persuaded not to make a finding of contempt because she had been honest.He added: "Your only saving grace is that you have been utterly honest. I am persuaded that the matter will proceed no further."

THE 40ft-long southern right whale flicked its tail and hit Bishan Rajapakse just 100ft away from th...

The giant mammal had surfaced amongst a group of 15 swimmers in shallow water.Dr Rajapakse, a Sri-Lankan born New Zealander, said: âWhen I got to him I saw there was this dark, black shadow and it was just massive.âHe added: âThe whale was moving in like slow motion. It was beautiful and it breached and we could see the barnacles and it was slowly going up and down and turning and it actually made a noise.

The whale stayed around the beach for two hours before heading north with the guidance of a police boat and three jet skis.

Before a license plate is rejected, the majority of a special DHSMV committee must indicate it could be offensive to a large group of people. Then, one of the agency heads still must uphold the committee's findings.

As a result, you'll see most requested plates - from the funny to the crude to the weird - ultimately approved.

While OLD FART was rejected, HORNMAN was approved.While GUN PLAY was rejected, GUN SAFE was approved.While BIG TURD was rejected, BG JONSN was approved.

Jason Everman was kicked out of two bands that went on to incredible fame. Then his life became even...

She got the best therapist she could find, who happened to be, Mimi was told, the sports psychiatrist to the Seattle SuperSonics. In therapy, Everman just sat there. But the doctor happened to be a music freak and had a few vintage guitars around the office. Everman picked one up. The therapist started to strum with him, hoping this would open Jason up. âIt was a big family joke that those were the most expensive guitar lessons ever,â Mimi told me. Thatâs when Everman first started playing guitar.

A Pennsylvania woman whose newborn was taken from her because she failed a hospital drug test after ...

"Elizabeth Mort never imagined that the last thing she ate before giving birth to her daughter - a poppy seed bagel - would lead to the loss of her newborn, but that is exactly what happened after the Jameson Health System failed to account for the possibility that her positive urine drug screen was due to her ingestion of poppy seeds," the lawsuit says.

The child was later returned after the agency could find no evidence Ms Mort had used illegal drugs.

The removal from duty of a prominent Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation agent came five days after he encouraged Iowa State Patrol troopers to pull over a speeding vehicle that, it turns out, contained Gov. Terry Branstad, records obtained by The Des Moines Register show.A review of speeding by the governorâs vehicle is underway, according to a Department of Public Safety spokesman.

As the Daily Mail reports, laser pointers can prove distinctly dangerous for pilots."Itâs equivalent to a flash of a camera if you were in a pitch black car at night," St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer Doug Reinholz told the newspaper. "Itâs a temporary blinding to the pilot and also to the tactical flight officer, whoever we are with."

Two off-duty cops â pilot Thomas Geoghegan, 43, and passenger Joshua Adickes, 27 â died in the crash on Sunday.Investigators do not yet know why the Nanchang CJ-6A trainer craft crashed soon after take-off at Ocean City in Maryland, US.

Picasso it ainât â but that hasnât stopped a 30-by-30-inch finger painting by a cl...

The Heinemanns donated $6,000 worth of âdesigner clothing itemsâ to the auction, and Michelle â a ârenowned artistâ whose paintings have been shown internationally â worked with Hudsonâs class to create a sellable work of art.The painting consists of the traced-and-cut-out paper hands of Hudson and his 17 classmates, all painted and affixed to paper, along with each childâs written answer to the question, âHow do you feel when you are around art?âTold that such paintings typically sell at school fund-raisers for $500 to $1,200, the Heinemanns said they couldnât attend themselves but would be happy to place the winning bid â up to $3,000, the suit says.But the schoolâs director of advancement had a first-grade teacher named âMs. Bryantâ drive the bid up to âthe outrageous sum of $50,000,â the suit alleges.